Irving Penn : Photographs of Dahomey (1967) (English)

Preface by Anne Wilkes Tucker, text(s) by Melville J. und Frances S. Herskovits, Jacques Maquet, Irving Penn, ed. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

ISBN 10: 3775714499 / ISBN 13: 9783775714495

Edité par Hatje Cantz Publishers, 2004

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Z : 80 pp., 31 ills. clothbound 22.20 x 24.80 cm - In 1967, Penn traveled on assignment from the American fashion magazine Vogue to Dahomey in west Africa, now the Republic of Benin. His portraits of natives taken in his portable studio built especially for the occasion reflect Penn's fascination with foreign cultures, as do his photographs of culturally significant clay figures of the voodoo god Legba. Thirty-five years after their publication in Vogue, Irving Penn now presents these portraits of tribal people and his photographs of Legba altars in book form for the first time. With texts by leading anthropologists and Irving Penn himself, this volume is an extraordinary photographic document of African culture.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Irving Penn : Photographs of Dahomey (1967) (English)
• Éditeur: Hatje Cantz Publishers
• Date de parution: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 3775714499
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9783775714495
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: 1. Auflage
• État de l'article: Sehr gut
• État de la jaquette: Gut bis sehr gut
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Ethnologie
  • Photo
  • Afrika

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Irving Penn is one of the most noteworthy photographers of the twentieth century, best known for his inimitable fashion and portrait photographs, as well as his unique still lifes. In 1967, Penn traveled on assignment from the American fashion journal Vogue to Dahomey in western Africa, now the Republic of Benin. His portraits of natives taken in a portable studio built especially for the occasion reflect Penn's fascination with foreign cultures, as do his photographs of culturally significant clay figures dedicated primarily to the voodoo god Legba. 35 years after their publication in Vogue, Irving Penn presents these portraits of tribal people and his photographs of Legba altars in book form for the first time. With texts by leading anthropologists and Irving Penn himself, this volume is an extraordinary photographic document of African culture, from a master recorder of our time.